Psalms 17:1
Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
3 Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer— it comes from lips free of deceit.
- KJV
- Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
- WEB
- Hear, LORD, my righteous plea. Give ear to my prayer that doesn’t go out of deceitful lips.
- ASV
- Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry; Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
- DARBY
- {A Prayer of David.} Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry; give ear unto my prayer, which is not out of feigned lips.
- BLB
- A Prayer of David. <span class=|reftext|><a href=|#|><b>1</b></a> Hear, O YHWH, a just cause; attend to my cry; give ear to my prayer without lips of deceit.
- ÅB
- En bønn av David.
Herre, hør min rettferdige sak,
legg merke til mitt klagerop,
vend øret til min bønn fra lepper uten svik! - OTB
- Hør en rettferdig sak, Herre, gi oppmerksomhet til mitt rop;
Lytt til min bønn, som ikke er fra svikefulle lepper. - B1930
- En bønn av David. Hør, Herre, på rettferdighet, merk på mitt klagerop, vend øret til min bønn fra leber uten svik!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 142:6
Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
Read in contextPsalms 61:1
Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.
Read in contextPsalms 145:18
The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
Read in contextMatthew 15:8
This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
Read in contextDaniel 9:18–19
O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
Read in context1 John 3:21
Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
Read in contextPsalms 66:19
But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
Read in context2 Chronicles 7:15
Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
Read in context